With the closure of the Port of Baltimore for the foreseeable future, the question of which truck drivers are most affected inevitably focuses first on drayage. But Baltimore is not a major intermodal port, with estimates that its share of U.S. intermodal traffic is in the low single digits.
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The agency last month added six studies to the regs docket for its efforts to develop a new rating methodology. Critics worry over the focus on safety technologies, and see limitations in the data.
The Federal Maritime Commission upheld a ruling that ocean carriers cannot legally require motor carriers to use specific intermodal chassis providers to move containers. Also: Nurse tank safety advisory issued; car haulers get warning flag exemption.